No, I don't suppose you do - it's more action based which means you don't really see as much of the characters as you would in The Wire. But full marks for adrenalin highs and general watchability (is that a word?).

i watched the first series and thought it was kinda average. Every episode following a similar plot and the interrogation scenes were really annoying. The crimial wont talk so dutch gets him to let his guard down by pretending to be his friend and being totally patronising then five minutes later the guys confessing everything. Maybe ive just been spoiled by The Wire.

In my opinion, the first season is a little lame. Then in the second everything kicks off and you find yourself consumed by speculation over whether Vic Mackey will finally get his comeuppance for any of the sick shit that he does every single episode for the rest of the series.